Why Did President Putin Downplay the Importance of His Meeting with President Xi?

Why Did President Putin Downplay the Importance of His Meeting with President Xi?

Their meeting was actually pretty important, just not in the way that many in the Alt-Media Community expected nor the reporter who phrased his question to the Russian leader in the particular way that he did by focusing on the geostrategic aspect of their ties. Many in the Alt-Media Community (AMC) expected that President Putin’s…

‘Samarkand Spirit’ to be Driven by ‘Responsible Powers’ Russia and China

‘Samarkand Spirit’ to be Driven by ‘Responsible Powers’ Russia and China

Amidst serious tremors in the world of geopolitics, it is so fitting that this year’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) heads of state summit should have taken place in Samarkand – the ultimate Silk Road crossroads for 2,500 years. When in 329 BC Alexander the Great reached the then Sogdian city of Marakanda, part of the…

The Significance of the SCO’s Samarkand Summit

The Significance of the SCO’s Samarkand Summit

Observers have plenty to be optimistic about ahead of this week’s major multipolar event. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will hold its next summit in the ancient Uzbek city of Samarkand from 15-16 September, which will see the personal attendance of all the group’s leaders. This includes Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin,…

Asia’s Future Takes Shape in Vladivostok, The Russian Pacific

Asia’s Future Takes Shape in Vladivostok, The Russian Pacific

The Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok is one of the indispensable annual milestones for keeping up not only with the complex development process of the Russian Far East but major plays for Eurasia integration. Mirroring an immensely turbulent 2022, the current theme in Vladivostok is ‘On the Path to a Multipolar World.’ Russian President…

Russia Warned Its SCO Partners About the Ulterior Motives Behind the US’ Central Asian Drills

Russia Warned Its SCO Partners About the Ulterior Motives Behind the US’ Central Asian Drills

The very fact that three of Russia’s CSTO military allies – one of whom Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev just claimed had survived a US-backed Color Revolution plot – are participating in multilateral military drills in the part of the world that the US-led West misleadingly describes as Moscow’s “sphere of influence” discredits…

It’s a Positive Development That Pakistan Will Participate in October’s SCO Drills in India

It’s a Positive Development That Pakistan Will Participate in October’s SCO Drills in India

It’s a positive development that Pakistan’s US-backed post-modern coup authorities aren’t capitulating to their foreign patron’s pressure to distance themselves from the SCO by refusing to participate in October’s anti-terrorist drills in India. This is especially so since they could easily have done that under the pretext of protesting the unresolved Kashmir Conflict and especially…